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We have an oil fire rayburn running all the time, it currently just is there for cooking which i know is stupid as we have a separate boiler for central heating and also water.
What would we need to do to make it heat water (boosted by an immersion) and the radiators?
Even if it heated the water it would be more economical than using the boiler as this is currently in addition to the rayburn running
We had an oil-fired Rayburn for cooking, HW and heating, but it essentially was two burners in one, with the heating running separately to oven functions.
It sounds as if yours, at the very least, would need to be converted to do both (expensive), and possibly it wouldn't be something you could do.
As I recall, it was ludicrously expensive way of heating a house, particularly when we heated up the range as a way of heating the kitchen. You could actually see the oil tank gauge running down....
I would recommend keeping your separate boiler and improving your radiators in the areas you currently heat using the cooker.
Rayburn or Aga?
rayburn as per title
we don't heat the kitchen with a radiator as the cooker slumbers warm enough to keep it toasty
Unusaul to have a Rayburn for cooking only. What age is it, and has it been converted?
its relatively new - <10 years, not converted
Do you need to have it running a lot to keep the kitchen warm? Must really chew through the oil.
Honestly, I'd consider extending your central heating to pop a rad in the kitchen and stick with your existing boiler if it still works. The Rayburn route, even if it's possible, will cost you a packet to convert and move the relevant pipework and will not save you any money, as effectively you'd just be inserting a separate boiler inside your range.
Must admit, although having a glowing range in the kitchen was wonderful, we would never go down that route again.
My parents did this - a fair while ago though, so may not be current practice...
The main benefit of the Rayburn (for them) is "free", always available hot water. My father put a salamander (?) indirect heating coil into the hot water tank. This is on a fixed circuit from the Rayburn.
Don't know if they are still available, but suitable for retrofit. A quick google has turned up this on a forum
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martin - the rayburn is always lit thats the point of it